Cllr Ian Manning said City Deal projects could be very helpful. He said it was likely that the upcoming renovation of Mitcham’s corner would be a city deal scheme and that, if the Lib Dems were elected, we could see a trial pedestrianisation of the area.

Cllr Manning said: “City Deal is terrible at communicating and that caused a problem with this. Mitcham’s Corner could be pedestrianised. My party has the political will to try things like this. Trials can fail. If things don’t work, you don’t do it.”

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Some readers have criticised the ideas, while others have conceded that something needs to be done to improve the area.

Reader, Alan Huddlestone said: “There are only two bridges leading out of Cambridge to the north. Victoria Avenue is one of them. This road leads into Mitcham’s corner. Closing Mitcham’s would result in all traffic leaving Cambridge to the north having to go over Elizabeth Way, which is madness.”

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Karyn Barnes said: “Another stupid idea, they must live with their heads in the sand and not travel anywhere. Cambridge has rush hour traffic for a couple of hours each day, an hour in the morning and another in the evening. It's going to happen as people work and have routines.”

One reader defended the idea, saying: “It's not a junction. It's a residential area with shops. People live, work, and breathe there and it's basically a traffic island.